Type-holder.



A. B. DICK.

TYPE HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED IEB. 9, 1912.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

LyTNEsSEsQ INVENTOR Qfl ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ALBERT 1B. DICK,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO A. B. DIOK COMPANY, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

TYPE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18,1913.

Application filed February 9, 1912. Serial No. 676,503. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. Dion, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lake Forest, in the county of Lakeand State of Illinois,have invented certain new mits of ready manipulation by an unskilledperson.

In accordance with the invention, a typeholder is provided adapted tosupport a single lineof type, the type-holder being of such dimensionsthat the holder withthe type thereon is type-high. By reason of thisconstruction, a line of type may be set up'upon a type-holder and thenthe holder with the type thereon may be inserted directly in a chase andused for printing. The holder is specially constructed to facilitatesetting up the type thereon andholding the type durlng the printingoperat1on.' The holder is made from a single piece of sheetmetal whichis bent'to provide parallel sides and'to form a type-receiving slotbetween.

the lateral edges. When the holder has been so formed, the metal isunder tension tending to bring the lateral edges together so that theywill grip type in the slot of the holder. Means are provided, however,for spreading the two sides of the holder so that type may be movedfreely into the type-receiving slot when setting up a line oftype andout of the slot when distributing the type.

. The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustratedin theaccompanying drawings in which lines extending lengthwise thereof so asto provide parallel sides. 8.a nd 9 joined together by an integralbottom 10. The lateral edges of this piece of sheet-metal, that is themetal atthe upper edges of the sides 8 and 9, are turned toward eachother, as shown at 11. Between these inwardly 12 are received. Thesetype have grooves on opposite 'sidesthereof and the flanges 11 .atopposite sides of the type-receiving slot are adapted to enter thesegrooves in the manner shown in 'Fig. 4. Afterthe strip of metal of atype-bar has been bent to the form-shown, it is accurately finished sothat the holder with the line of type mounted therein, as shown. in Fig.4, will be typehigh.

metal thereof is under tension tendingto move the sides 8 and 9 togetherand thus is illustrated in Fig. 4, where type 12 are shown as heldfirmly by the walls 11 of the holder. Means are provided, whereby theholdermay be made to support the type loosely so that the type'may bemoved freely in the slot when setting up and distributing. For this,purpose a rod or cam 13 isemployed extending lengthwise of the holderand between the sides 8 and 9, this rod being rotatable to cause thedesired spreading of the sides 8 and 9. The rod is mounted at its endsfor rotation in bearings formed from the metal of the strip constitutingthe vtype holder. the metal of the side 8 is cut, as shown at 1 1 inFig. 1, and the metal 15 (Fig. 3) thus. cut is turned inwardly towardthe opposite the metal of the type-holder is formed a hearing whichreceivesthe reduced end of the cam-bar 13. At the opposite end of theholder the metal of both sides 8 and 9 is cut, as shown at 16, andportions 17 of the metal so out are turned inwardly and have a bearingformed therein which receives. a reduced end of the cam-bar 13. This end18 of the cam-bar is extended through the hearing and is squared so thata key, such as that shown in Fig. 7, may be applied-tothis end 18 of thecam-bar in order to turn the bar. The.;;l f) ar 13 is preferably of acrosssectional ';"shape' approximating an oblong however,

turned flanges 11 is a slot in which the type The type-holder is' soformed that the cause the portions 11 of the holder to grip the type 12.This condition of the parts At one end side of the type-holder. In thispiece 15 of with rounded corners as is shown in Figs. 4 and 5'. It willbe seen that'when the bar is in the position in which it is shown inFig. 4 the key shown in Fig. 7 may be ap-' plied to the squared end-18of the bar and turned through ninety degrees, thereb turning rod"13 tothe position in whic it is shown in Fig. 5. When turning to this posi--tion, the bar 13 spreads the sides 8 and 9 of the type-holder somewhatsothat while the type 12 will still be supported upon the 'flanges 11 ofthe type-holder, the type will upon the type-holder by merely turningthe be loosely held and may be moved freely in the direction of thelength of the typeholder.

' With this form of type-holder, the type may be readily set-up upon theholder as the type canbe moved freely into the slot in the holder. Aline. of type having been set up thus, these type may be locked firmlyrod 13. When so held the type-holder with of .type or with type ofstandard dimen-,

sions', because the type-holder with the line of type thereon istype-high. After the .printing operation, the line of the type ma betaken out, the type-loosened by sprea ing the sides of the type-holderand the type distributed by moving them one by 3 one out of-thetype-receiving slot in the holder. Preferably, the latter is mounted ina suitable composing stick while the op- --erations of setting anddistributing the type are bein performed. The holder; is formed tofacilltate detachably mounting it in such a stick by having its endsopen to receive latches whereby the holder will be firmly held upon thestick.

It willbe noted that the holder is very simple in construction andconsists largelyof. sheet-metal as a result of which the holder may bemanufactured readily and at low cost. i v Having described my invention,what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is:

'1. The combination of an integraltypeholder for holding a line of'typeformed from a single piece of sheet-metal bent to provide. parallelsides and to form a typereceiving slot between the lateral edges, and

means located within the holder for moving the parallel sides of saidinte al t eholder apart to enlarge said slotgsubsli ntially as setforth. 4

2. The combination of a type-holder for holding a line of type with thetype arranged in a straight line, said holder being formed from a singlepiece of sheet-metal by bending said piece to form a bottom extendinglengthwise of the piece, two parallel sides and two edge-portions at theupper edges of the parallel sides bent toward each other and forming atype-receiving slot between them, said holder with the type thereinbeing type-high, and means, for moving the parallel sides of saidintegral type-holder ,away from each other to enlarge said slot,substantially as set forth.

3. A tgpe-holder formed from av sin le piece of s eet metal bent toprovide paral el sides and to form a type-receiving slot be-. tween thelateral edges, said piece of metal being under tension to cause thelateral edges to grip type in said slot and the holder 'with the typetherein being type-high, and

means for spreading the sides of the holder to enlarge said slot,substantially as set forth."

4. The combination of an integral typeholder for holding a line of typeformed from asingle piece of sheet metal bent to provide parallel sidesand having the edges of the piece bent toward each other and forming atype-receiving slot between them, said piece of metal being undertension to cause said edges to grip type in said slot *and the holderwith-the type therein beingtype-high and means for moving sai parallelsides away from each other to enlarge said slot,'substantially as setforth.

5. The combination of an integral typeholder for holding a line of typeformed from a single piece of sheet metal bent to provide parallel sidesand to form a typereceiving slot bet-ween the lateral edges,

and a cam between said sides movable to separate the sides and thuscause enlargementof said slot, substantially as set forth.

6. A type-holder formed from a single piece of sheet-metal bent toprovide parallel sides, the edges of said piece being bent toward eachother and forming a type-receiving slot between them, a rod extendinglengthwise of the holder between said sides and mounted upon the holderfor rotation, and means operated by the rotation of said rod forseparating said sides and thus caus ing enlargement of said slot,substantially asset forth.

7. A type-holder formed from a single piece of sheet metal bent toprovide paral-.

lel sides and to form a type-receiving slot between the lateral edges,said piece of metal being undertension to cause the lateral edges togrip type in said slot,,a rod extending lengthwise of the holderbetweenthe sides and mounted for rotation in bearings formed in the metal ofsaid iece, and means actuated by the rotation 0 said rod for spreadingthe sides of the holder to enlarge said slot, one end of the rod .beingshaped for coaction with a key by which the rod is turned, substantiallyas set fbrth.

" metal being under tension to cause the lat- 8. A type-holder formedfrom a single thus enlarging said slot so' that the t e 10 piece ofsheet metal bent to provide paralwill be released, substantially as setfOI i SL lel sides and to form a type-receiving slot This specificationsigned and witnessed between the lateral edges, said piece of this 5thday of February; 1912. eral edges to grip type .in said slot and theALBERT DICK holder with the type therein being type- Witnesses: high,and a rotatable cam within the holder I. MCINTOSH, for separating thesides of the holder and J. F. Coimms.

